We jump away to our next with Karin on our tail.
I feel eyes on me. I look at Karin. She looks away.
Hmm..... does she has something to say?
Despite having awkwardly curious behavior, Sakura is getting along with the redhead just fine.
"How is it so red?", she asks.
"What's it to you? Yours is all pink", Karin throws back.
"I like red better", sakura says while pouting her cheeks.
"Hmm its not just color you know ", Karin has her nose up high.
"Yeah! It glows!", Sakura exclaims.
"Doesn't it? I worked so hard to make it shiny and thick ", Karin huffs.
"Oooo....I wish I could have such hair too", Sakura sulks.
"Yours look good too", Karin mutters in a low voice.
"What was that?".
"Nothing, flattering won't get you anywhere", she says with furrowed eyebrows.
"It's the truth though ", Sakura says with an innocent face.
"All right girl. Quite it, I'll tell ya' once we get somewhere safe!", Karin breaks down at last.
Okay...persistent flattery works. Noted.
Now that I look closely, Naruto is traveling closer to me.
"Been good?", I ask .
"Yeah...what about ya'?", he asks.
"Good", I reply.
End of conversation. Naruto isn't the silent type.
"Something on your mind?", I ask.
Naruto is silent. That's not good.
"How come my name is Uzumaki?", he asks after a few minutes as we stop for detecting enemy chakra.
Now...that's.....
"I don't know....maybe someone with that name died when you were born. There is a system like that for fallen clans", I say with a deadpan.
"And alot of people died , during the Nine tailed attack", I add.
Seems like a group of...mist ninjas? Wow, the peace talks advanced fast. To think we are allied with the Hidden Mist.
"Or , it could be my parents were Uzumaki?", he asks.
"That would explain your humongous chakra ", I say with a shrug as I check out the team. They have quite good traps set around. Not to mention,the air is saturated.
One of them will cast a seal and the area will turn foggy in an instant.
Jabuja won't bring amateur genin to the exams.
"I thought it was because of the nine tails?", he asks.
"Maybe, but that said, Mito Uzumaki was one of the vessels for the Red Fox", I reply. The Mist shinobi are looking around....maybe they sensed us.
I signal to go around.
"Wha....you mean I'm a relative of Mito Uzmaki! The 1st Hokage's wife?", he asks.
"Just a wild guess....she might even be your great-grandmother", I say while pinching him on the shoulder.
We take to the trees again.
"The only living descended left behind by the Uzumaki-turned Senju, Would be Tsunade Senju", I say as I test out the air with spit on my fingers.
Tonight's gonna be chilly. Better find a warmer place.
"Maybe we can track her down and ask her?", I suggest as I suck my finger one more time to test out the air. The wind's heavy here.
Naruto looks at me . Is he getting emotional?
"Or we can beat the crap out of Sarutobi and ask him?" I say with a shrug.
Yeah, every little dirty secret this village holds starts with Danzo and ends with Hairuzen Sarutobi.
2 pees in a pod.
Or, I can just tell him outright.
But ... what's the fun in that?
"You sensed them!", Karin speaks up as we are in the clear.
"Yeah....so?", I ask in return.
"Are you a sensor type?", she asks.
"Oh...well....I won't say I major in that...but yeah, you could say I have pretty good chakra sensing", I say as I boast.
"But, those genin were mist ninja", she points out.
"Yeah? Is that a problem?", I ask. Now, even Naruto and Sakura are looking at us funny.
"Mist ninjas disperse their chakra in the air. They maintain it to condense it into fog. So, they are almost impossible to pinpoint", she exclaims.
I look at Sakura and Naruto. She has a cheeky smile and Naruto is itching to answer it for me.
So, I let him.
"You see Karin san....we fought someone who did the same thing....but 100 times better. These people are like kids with their pants down", he says with a grin.
"Hah....don't show me off. Either you tell me how you did it...or don't ", she says while twisting her mouth. She is glancing at me. Naruto flops down.
Did she want me to answer it? Is that her way of getting me to talk to her?
Or am I just assuming things?
Anyway, one can detect a specific chakra in many ways. It doesn't have to be chakra. Smell, movements, vibrations, footprints, etc.
In the case of the chakra mist, it's just finding the source of the chakra that is being dispersed like solving a jigsaw puzzle. But it's a hassle to explain.
"It's a sharingan thing", I say with a shrug.
Karin made a face that I would assume was speechless.
Now she looks at Naruto.
"Yeah....whatever he says", Naruto learned better.
She looks at Sakura. Me and Naruto are both eyeing her. I guess the girl in her, can't stand to see another girl being insulted.
"I will explain once we get to the hideout.....ne?", she negotiates hesitantly.
"Okey....", Karin gives up.
Well, I guess me and Naruto are bullies now.
My fault for being rude to people who are rude to my brother.
I don't give a rat's ass if you are a tsundere.
#####
Now that we are at the hideout, our nerves calm down.
My neck aches with a slight "crack".
I have to chug a chakra pill every time I go full double tomoea. The side effect does a number on the neck.
I close my eyes and control the chakra point to circulate the blood better.
As I predicted the nights were chilly. So, I unsealed a few heavy sleeping bags.
I sit on it crossed-legged while I pull out a sealing scroll.
One freshly made barrier scroll, coming up.
Naruto's on a pee break. Sakura's on.....I don't know where she is.
There is just me and Karin.
"Whatta heck....", Karin gasps as she looks at the sealing scroll in my hand.
"What?", I ask.
"Are you a real master?", she asks.
"Well....I don't major in that....but yeah...im a pretty good sealer", I say with a shrug.
After a short silence, she huffs...
"Can I see it?", she asks.
"Of course?", I don't care.
She trips and falls on a rock before she can reach the sleeping bags.
"Ooohhh...lady....careful", I get up to help her up.
She hit her nose hard.
Karin gets up, face red from embarrassment.
"It's okay... I trip a lot", she admits hesitantly.
Wow..... that's quite the defenseless look. I thought she would smite at me like Naruto.
I sigh as I touch her bruised nose.
"What are you....".
My hands glow with mystical palm art.
"You are medic nin too?", she asks.
"Well....I don't major in that....but...I am a pretty good medic ", I say with a shrug....feeling Deja Vu.
After fixing her nose, I get back to doing the barrier seal.
"Sasuke kun!", Sakura is here."I got us dinner", she says while dangling a rabbit.
"Ooo.....that's a large one", I get up and take it off her hands.
With swift motion, I cut the cuffs off the rabbit's legs with a clean kunai and took the skin off like a banana.
Cutting it up is proportions I marinate with the spices that I unsealed.
As it marinates, I unseal a stove, put some wood and charcoal in it.
"Katon: fire jutsu".
With a steady stream, I light up the stove and we have ourselves a BBQ set up.
The aroma sweats across the place as Naruto gets back to the site as if floating in the air along with it.
With a cast iron, I make some fresh bread on the same stove....going for garlic today.
Karin looks at her plate as the dinner is served.
"So ....you are a cook too....", she asks.
"Well....I don't major in that.....".
"Yeah...I get it....", Karin cuts me off as she takes a bite in the meat.
Her expression softens. Her spiky hair dies down and sways along her neck as she eats.
!!!!!?????
Her hair .....it suddenly changed style...
Now that I think about it...Naruto has that kinda thing too.
I never noticed it since he kept it short.
Karin...looks kinda like Kushina now....if not for her glasses.
I sigh as I run up another tree and look around.
It's a bit dim but
The finish tower is at a short distance like a Christmas tree. Full of lights. The night sky is full of stars.
The moon looks like that round bread I made a few minutes ago.
It's been 3 days already.
I take a bite out of the meat. Wondering if we should call in.
Or, wait for Karin's team to find us.
My initial hypothesis is that Kabuto put Karin on a genjutsu to lure her teammates in and kill all of them in one fell swoop. But that backfired since they effortlessly abandoned her.
Or, it didn't backfire.
He took out their sensor first and killed them one by one. Regardless, Karin is in danger. And she is our best bet at a testimony.
Is he.....killing potential witnesses to the plan?
Does he know that I know? Or is it just ...
Ideas are all over the place....is he going to kill the one with big boobs too....what was her name?
.Taiyua....? Taya? The girl who used a golden flute
...let's call her flute girl.
And then Dosu.
Yeah....he is a good one. Not gonna lie...I have yet to locate him.
It seems he is one of the talented ones who mastered Orochimaru's complete inanimate transformation jutsu.
What if Karin betrayes us?
We will be killed within minutes.
Maybe I should just kill her and seal her body in. Then give it to the Yamanaka.
I pull the hair on my temple.
Why can't I do it? I'm a Uchiha. The Damncare clan wanted to rule the world with strength alone.
Held their head high, in a society that ostracised them. In the only to be slaughtered by their own.
Why am I doing all this for the village?
Why can't I just ....marry a girl, run away, and watch the world burn at a distance?
It will work out. Even if Madara wins...he will just put all of us to sleep with sweet dreams.
That doesn't sound bad .....right....?
It will work out in the end.
I touch my eyes....the Sharingan turned on, on its own.
No.....nothing will work out.
As long as these eyes are here ....nothing will work out.
I have to ....keep on going.
"There is no shortcut to life", Naruto says.
Just one step at a time... just one problem at a time.
Karin isn't someone who would betray Orochimaru for a bunch of genin. But it's not like she will try to kill us outright. But I gave her reason to believe we are not ordinary genin...so at least she won't try anything on her own.
Even if she is planning on an ambush, it won't be Kabuto on the field.
Just the Dosu trio.
We can take them on. I think it will be good if she is planning.
Then, I can kill her. Kabuto is someone who can go toe to toe with the Tsunade Senju, not someone I want to mess with head-on.
On the other hand....he won't try to come at me either due to obvious reasons.
Karin's problem is solved...
Kabuto solved...
Oh, look at that... I'm done eating all my nails.
"Piiiiipururururururuu!", oh....a Chun li bird.
Sounds nice to hear.
They usually sing in the morning though.
But the male ones sing all day.
Hmm...males don't sing that long though.
????!!!!????!!!????
Let's prepare for our guest's arrival.
#########
I get down the tree as they continue their dinner.
It's dark.
I set aside the creeping feeling as I bring out my guitar. Play a tune...
"So, you sing too?", Karin asks.
"At yar service", I say with a bow. But the tune...Sakura snapped her head at me. A flush of concern and seriousness is in her eyes.
Naruto enjoyed the tune for a second....but soon caught up.
[Expect visitors]
"I wanna be your slave, I wanna be your monster.
I wanna make your run like a rollercoaster...
I wanna be a lover
Wanna be your killer.
Because I'm the devil who's searching for redemption,
I'm a killer who is searching for redemption,
I'm a lawyer who's searching for redemption...
I'm a mother fucking master who's searching for redemption ".....
I keep on singing as the creeping feeling gets closer to me. The relaxing Naruto is just a clone, he is underground.
Sakura is close to Karin, ready to use her as a Hostage or a body shield if needed.
I keep on singing
"That's....quite the intense song you are singing", Karin comments.
The strings on my guitar rattle with how hard I'm stroking.
The rock behind turned into a shadowy figure.
I Bob my head violently as the hand of the shadow gets closer to me.
Karin seems to be enjoying the view.
"Taaaooooo", a string broke.
The shadow is on my neck. I see it in Karin's eye.
I see reflected in her big round, beautiful eyes. My killer is right behind me.
The masked shadow with straw gullisuite.
He is ready to drive a kunai right on my back, through my heart.
He grabes my right shoulder.
The guitar strings wrap around his hand and cut his wrist off.
Another string shoots out and binds Karin's wrist, which is holding onto a smoke bomb.
Gosu and Karin watch as a wrist flies through the air with blood splattering all over the place.
I flip back words before he can think.
Ride on his neck.
And "snape!!!!".
I break his neck.
Karin with wide eyes watches as a dead body flops down.
I look at Karin, and our eyes meet.
I smile so wide I feel my eyes get narrow and my face twitch. The blood on the right side of my face comes in full view under the yellow campfire light.
Karin got so scared that she flopped down on her knees.
Yes, little girl. I'm about to kill you. Shame, I couldn't take her to that date.
"And I was looking forward to it", I grunt as get up.
I thought she would attack Sakura, not that she could overpower her.
She lost all will to fight.
I guess that makes Sakura's job easier.
But to my surprise....she left Karin alone. Went to fight the flute girl toe to toe.
After fighting with 15 Naruto clones, the other sound guy gets beaten black and blue as a mysterious pair of hands yanks him down to earth up to his knees.
I wipe the blood off my face and unseal an axe.
"This won't hurt", I promise her as I walk towards Karin.
I swing my axe.
" claaaangg!", someone blocked me with a kunai.
No.... it's Sakura.
I take a step back. Consider if she is an imposter.
Doesn't seem like it.
I look at The big-boob flute girl.
She is high-tailing it.
I couldn't help but sigh.
I point my axe at Karin, even though it looks like I'm pointing at her since she covering her.
"She rated us out", I state.
"You don't know that!", Sakura whispers.
"Look at her hand!", I say with a calm voice.
Sakura doesn't look back.
"Look Sakura....I don't have anything personal against her . I was thinking....".
"Thinking about killing her the moment you saw her?", Naruto comes and finishes my sentence.
"So, now you found a reason?", Naruto asks.
"Look, you guys knew her for like ....what? 4 hours? What's up with you guys?", I ask with a desperate tone.
"I don't enjoy killing little girls you know?", I say with a smile.
"That smile...!", Naruto suddenly grabes my shirt.
"Oo...big guy....you sure about this?", I ask as I glare at him.
"I will wipe that smile off your face, that's what I am sure", he hisses.
"Man...this is what my face looked like when came outta my dad's dick", I say calmly.
"Where did your fucking brain end up at? On Your mother's thighs?", Naruto is on my face.
Basterd is pulling my mom in this?
I check Karin out one more time with a side eye, she trembles in fear as we make eye contact.
"Unless you wanna ....you know.... revitalize your dead clan...yeah...you can keep her ", I say as smile again.
Naruto punches me.
It hit hard. I flop down on the ground as my brain rattles.
"Naruto !", Sakura stops him.
"No! Sakura-chan. This bastard needs to learn that lives aren't something he can just play around with. He brought the girl in, knowing we would get attacked. He used her and now decides to throw it all away like some tool! ", Naruto screams.
Well, I can't deny that. He knows me well.
"I understand, Naruto kun. But it's not the time to fight amongst ourselves", Sakura tries to reason.
Naruto grunts and stomps away.
Well....that backfired.
Maybe should've gone with the "runaway with a wife " plan.
Sakura comes close and sits beside me as I feel the blood in my mouth.
I swallow it.
"Get Naruto ", I say.
"Yeah....but...you...", Sakura hesitates.
"You know he is hurting more than me....just go...I won't kill her...I promise...", I say while I hide my eyes with my hands.
"No....I wasn't....".
"It's okay", I lick the blood from my torn lip.
"I will be fine", I chuckle.
Sakura nods and goes to Naruto.
I shake the wire to unbound the wire from Karin's hand.
"Eh?" Karin snapped back.
"Do whatever you want...run away, kill me...whatever", I sigh as I just lie down there.
She just stands there massaging her wrist.
I get up and start walking away. Better get some ice.
"Can I stay ?", she asks. Now, that's surprising.
"Of course", I say. Then stop for a second.
"Just .....don't try to kill us again.... okay?", I request earnestly. There is no answer to that.
Good... at least she is honest about it.
"Where are you going?", she asks.
????!!! That's a lot of questions to ask someone who wanted to kill you just now.
"Oh... it's just up that tree top", I point.
"The views are nice", I add. I turn again.
Now, let me walk away in peace while I sulk, girl.
#####
It's a chilly night.
Yet here I am.
On top of a tree buck naked.
It seems this tree is quite high.
If I turn my sharingan on, I'm sure I will see quite a few camps.
My mind calms down as the cold wind blows past my nuts.
Ahhh....the chill.
I take a deep breath as I look at the giant faces of The Hokage monument.
As if they are looking right at me. Tobirama's face is looking right at me. As if he frowning at the sight of my ding-dong.
Me and Naruto fight all the time.
But never brought my parents into this. Especially, not Mom. Never.
Maybe, he crossed a line, since I was crossing a line as well.
Or, maybe I was looking at Karin as nothing but a thing to use.
I sense Karin. She is on a side branch below me.
I looked at her, and our eyes met.
"Wha....!!!", She looks away while fixing her glasses.
I chuckle at her reaction.
I am now unarmed. Devoid defense, down to my skin.
She has nothing to be afraid of.
Yet, she trembles in fear, Under my gaze.
"Why did you come here if you are scared ?", I ask.
"Who said I'm scared?", she says as she wipes her nose trying her flush with her hands.
???!!!
I look away.
"I came here to.....apologies ", she says.
"Apology accepted ", I state.
"I will understand if you hate.....what?", Karin gets flustered again.
"Karin Chan! Karin chan!", I changed my tone to that of a child.
For some reason, she stiffens up.
"What is it?", she asks.
"Do you know that moon is a thing made a person with wierd eyes and there is a lady inside ?", I say while pointing at the moon.
"Ehh?", she is confused.
"I know why you are here, Karin Uzumaki", I state as I revert back to my usual dialect.
"You came here to cheer me up. But you see, I am in a state where there is a mountain load of things on my mind. Things you can never hope to comprehend even if I told you outright. I am a very desperate man right now", I cut her off before she could open her mouth. With a simple motion, I get close to her.
"But despite all my efforts, I am not a good person. Even after stripping down to my skin, I can't feel the chill that should freeze me, due to the boiling rage that I feel right now. Now, if you were to console me, pull me closer ....even say a few words of encouragement I would bounce back. But you will have yourself a very loyal, madly in love, extremely clingy and possessive dog. But it won't let you go no matter what! Even if you run away, it will hunt you down till the end of the earth. Kill anyone you love other than him....", I say with one breath.
"I am an Uchiha...when we love, we love down to the bones. Can you bear the responsibility of the love of a Uchiha?", I ask her as I get close to her face while tilting my head.
She doesn't take her eyes off my sharingan.
But ....she eventually looks away.
"I guess not", I jump back to my spot and proceed to enjoy the chilly wind.
Karin slowly walks away.
.....
.....
If I become rouge, Imma breaks that Tobirama's face, then flee.
Take maybe...Naruto....with me?
Naruto?.... that the name that comes to mind? Why do I think Naruto will follow me? What a dumb person I am.
I sigh... I feel so fucked up right now. If Orochimaru comes and tells me to follow him, I would.
I hear a rustle in the leaves. Who's there again.....
Oh, it's Karin ....again. What's up with this girl?
Is she here to ..?... I close my eyes for the inevitable.
For some reason, it felt peaceful. Grind away at Mountains of Scrolls, thousands of hours punching at a pole until my hands bled.
To think such a way out existed, why didn't I ever think of that?
At least I wouldn't become a monster.
A monster I don't have the stomach to become.
To embrace.
A worm blanket falls on my back.
"Wear this you pervert, it's not like I care if you catch a cold", she scoffs.
!!!???!!!!
I wrap it around me and sit on the branch.
She sits beside me like she owns this branch and I'm the one intruding.
But .....that felt .... she looks....beautiful?....no...
Gorgeous?...., no...she is too spiky for that.....
Hot....yeah....that's the word.
"You look hot", I state.
"Cold got your brain?", she getting used to my weird remarks.
I look to the stars and breathe.
It feels easier.
"You know ....you just saved me from becoming a supervillain", I say with a smile.
"You just blurt everything out the moment it pops in your brain don't ya?", she asks while hiding a blush.
"No...no...m being serious...you did the world a huge favor".
"Quite your sarcasm ", she scoffs.
I have my clothes right by me.
Pulling out a scroll, I unseal 2 cans of hot chocolates.
I open one and offer her one.
She looks at it for a second, opens her mouth to say something, then gives up and takes it anyway.
The whole thing kinda like got recorded in my brain
....why? Is it because she is cute? Or, I'm enjoying impressing her? I don't know.
"It's hot!?", she is astonished.
"Yeah....", I say with a shrug and a smug smile.
"How ?", she asks.
I pull out another school.
She looks at it for a minute.
"What is this?", she asks since she finally gave up.
"It's part of the flying Raisin jutsu", I state.
Sakura gasps.
"Wha....the flying raisin....of the yellow flesh!", she looks at it one more time.
"But ....it doesn't make any sense", she is on the spot.
"Because it's just a part of it", I state.
"I don't follow", she admits.
I liked it when she acted tsundere. But, I guess this is her serious face.
"The first ever time and space manipulation was done by the toads of Mount Miyoboku. The first giant toad, when he promised a certain worrier to aid in battle. It is said their bond was so strong that, the toad was able to bend the fabric of space to reach his hero. That's how summoning jutsu was born", I say while pointing at the mountains.
"But humans such as ud can apply only a fraction of the said jutsu, which is to squeeze the space inside a scroll to put stuff in it. So, what Tobiramate Senju did, was put that same principle to use", I put a scroll between me and me.
"My theory is that chakra has a mass", I state.
"YOUR theory?", she asks....I hear the sarcasm in her voice already. Then again, she takes a sip of the hot chocolate.
"Go on....", she urges me like some examiner.
"Suppose this scroll contains chakra that has mass. We live in a 3d dimension and there is fabric below us in the x and y axis. Say the mass is heavy and it creates a fold between you and me. A fold through which I can pass and get to you with minimum distance traveled. All I need to do is punch a hole!', I say.
"That oddly makes sense", she comments.
"But there is a matter if the time comes. You see it's not only the fabric of space, there is the fabric of time too. Say I somehow, stretched the fabric between us. What will happen?", I ask.
"It will take ....more time to cover the same distance", she says.
"So the time of the subject traveling between space will expand....", then I show my scroll.
"Instead of squeezing it...I stretch the space in this scroll", I show her the paper.
"Only downside is that it takes bigger space to seal ", I say.
Karin rubs her forehead with a sigh.
"So....you decided to .....preserve hot chocolate in it....instead of just using a flask", she sighs.
". . . . . . . . . . .yes", I not ashamed admit. I could put the hot chocolate in a flush and put that in a normal ass scroll.
"You are a crazy one", she chuckles.
"Oh..maybe you are the crazy one for taking sealing lessons from a naked man on a tree top", I retort.
"He...he....maybe I am...", Karin laughs a bit.
"So tell me...what is the wisdom of the naked man on a tree top", I ask.
"What?", she asks as she moves her bangs behind her ears.
"He knows a very good place to hang out", I say.
"Are you asking me out on a date?", she asks.
"Maybe?", I reply.
"Ooooh...not so fast hot shot. I ain't some cheap girl to fall your handsome tricks", she crosses her arms.
"O.... okay...", I step back.
"Look ....I....you are a good guy, a very sincere guy .....just....you are good at a lot of things. I think that the problem?..you are just not my type.....", she says with a sincere voice.
"Yeah...yeah...no pressure though....thanks for being honest", I shrug.
"I came to cheer you up....and yet....".
"Ah...no...no...you...you did a great job ...", I clap.
"Yeah....that's...Good? We can still be friends?", she asks.
"Of course, as long you....you know?".
"As long I do as you say....got that", she points out.
"Ahh....yeah....sooooo.....how about ....you enjoy the scenery and I will go down ....and see what's up with my team?".
"Sure...sure...", she waves.
Oooo.....I got rejected for being a nerdy guy.
#########
I didn't go see my team. I just went inside my sleeping bag to sleep, after I finished setting up the barrier. Don't wanna get jumped on by the big boobs girl.
Then I hear Naruto coming.
The guy just comes and sits by the fire.
I sigh as I sit up.
"Wanna get some coffee?", I ask.
"Yeah...sure", he replies instantly.
I pull out some instant coffee. He brings the cups and we enjoy a sweet latte peanuts flavored instant coffee .
We don't talk about it.
"You know ....they are probably gonna do a preliminary round to eliminate examinees ", I say while sipping.
"Is that so...?", he says.
"Yeah....more than 10 players going to finals doesn't look good for the village ", I say with a sigh.
"Hmm....what are they gonna do? Make us fight?", he asks.
"Maybe...", I put down the mug.
"Can you.....make a guess? Who we might end up fighting?", he asks.
"No... it's random", I burn a stick in the fire. Use a bit of fire chakra on my hands, the small ember jumps onto my fingers.
"What about that Orochimaru guy...Karin can say anything?", he asks.
"No, she ain't saying nothing...I don't think she will be of much use. I'm not sure if she even knows Orochimaru is here", I sigh again.
"Oo....", Naruto slumps down.
"And I asked her out on a date ", I say as I play with Amber.
"Way to go....what did she say?", Naruto is back to his usual dialect.
"I got rejected".
"Serves ya' right. You wanted to chop her head off a few hours ago", Naruto says with a chuckle.
"Yeah....and I dropped the act. Kinda got nerdy with a scroll. I guess that was a turn-off for her?", I guess.
"Oo....that sucks.... imma be blunt about it....you are more wife material. That redhead maybe likes only rude guys", he sympathizes." Look man.... I'm sorry about punching out of the blue", he says while scratching his head.
"And about your mom...I don't know what got into me....", he looks at the fire.
"It's fine. Things happen. Just never thought you'd behave like that for a complete stranger.....", I say while giving him the side eye. I shut him up before he could say anything.
"I stepped boundaries and behaved like a jerk ....so I guess we are even. But we don't have time for this", I urge him to sit down since he looked ready for another fight.
"Orochimaru will attack the Hokage", I state.
"The old man....you sure. I heard Ojisan trained the bastard...why would he...?", he asks.
"To settle old scores? To become Hokage himself,or maybe he was hired by someone....either way...he has a very good reason to kill the old monkey....", I scoff.
"Well....that doesn't make sense. And The Jiji does look like a monkey though....", Naruto chuckles.
"Hmp....before Hashirama Senju passed down the god of shinobi title to Hairuzen, he was known as the monkey god", I say.
"Don't just make shit up dude", he says with deadpan eyes.
"Look, man... I'm telling the truth. Go search for it in the library, if you don't believe me", I wave him away.
Suddenly Sakura appears out of thin air and sits by me.
Heck...does she have to use that jutsu all the time?
"What will you drink with me?", she asks.
!!??? Hmm...Karin is here too.
Okay....since we are all here anyway.
I stand up, I was about to sleep so I'm in my undies. Sakura doesn't bat an eye. Karin is red in the face again. Naruto frowns.
"Well, as you guys know....being a ninja, we live in a world of deception, betrayal, violence, and terror....", I say with a raised voice.
[What is he doing...?', Karin asks Naruto.
"Please let him be before he does something crazier, Naruto requests.
"Crazier than sitting on a tree top all naked", she asks.
"That's just the surface of it. He once caught a godamn lighting", he scoffs.
"As a prank.....right?", Karin asks. Naruto stays silent]
"This cruel world made by our very own ancestors, instead of making this world a better place, decided to adapt with it...make it more chaotic, more violent. They make us train to kill people from the moment we can speak our name. Ladies and gentlemen, fuck the adults that made us ninjas, I will be a better adult. Henceforth, I declare myself an adult", I declare and bring a bottle of booze out of my ass.
Karin has glowing eyes for some reason. Naruto is doubtful. Sakura is just curious.
"The day after tomorrow, we might fight each other. For the sake of our ancestors' entertainment, they will watch us fight our very friends, past enemies, and .....[I look at Karin] enemies turned friends that I walked along", I put down the bottle and sit cross-legged.
Pour 4 mugs with the Sake.
"But they will not strip us of who we are, we will not become mindless tools. May we share Sake to swear an oath....and see this through to the end", I pour.
"Half of what you said doesn't make sense, but whatever, I'm not gonna turn away good sake", Karin takes a mug.
Sakura takes a mug with a smile.
I look at Naruto.
"You bet I'm in. I will be a Hokage one day. Being the best one at that, it's my goal to make the world a better place. Belive it!", he takes a mug.
With cheers, we drink.
Sakura rubs the mug's side as she ponders Naruto's words.
"To make the world a better place", she murmurs.
Things kinda got cliche....but....
When you live in a world, where death is seldom peaceful, you gotta say what's on your mind or you might never.
"May we be better, may we forge our own rules, and may the inevitable MILF of death take us when she deserves it", I chug it down.
"MILF of death? ", Naruto asks.
"The Shinigami's a woman ", I state.
"Wha.....that .....", Naruto rubs his temple.
"You guys saw Shinigami?", Karin asks.
"Ooohh...nee san. We did actually, just the other day", Sakura chimes in.
"Wow...tell me about it....and stop calling me nee-san", Karin grunts as she asks for another pour.
"Well, you are older than us on paper.....yeah... nee-san. Wanna hear about it?", I pour her a big one.
"I called her ...oh fuck...", Naruto laments.
"What's up with him?", Karin asks.
"Naruto called the Shinigami lady a geezer when I first summoned her", I burp.
"Well, you shouldn't call someone [geezer] even if he is an old man", Sakura scolds Naruto.
"What will happen to me? Will she put me in a fire pit when I die? Throw me in down to hell?", Naruto chugs another shot.
"Why did he do that?", she asks.
"The lady was kind of harassing him", I say with a shrug. "Maybe, she was looking for something on him", I say with a shrug.
Karin holds down her forehead.
"So, You summoned The death god, who is not a god. But a goddess. And Naruto got molested by her....? I'm getting drunk just from thinking about it, dude!", Karin says with furrowed eyebrows.
Sakura breaks into laughter.
"When it happened, I was scared shitless, Thought, she is gonna pull him down to the underworld or something!", I unintentionally raise my voice.
Then look at Naruto.
"And have her way with him...he he he he !!!!", I laugh as Naruto smacks me.
"Eeeehh....no fighting ...no fighting boys...Boys...!", Sakura got drunk.
This gonna be fun.
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"What's MILF by the way?", Karin asks.